Monitoring wild greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) for Salmonella enterica typhimurium

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-574

  Grant, David ^a   Todd, Peter A ^b   Pennycott, Tom ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disease monitoring; Greenfinch; Principal components analysis; Salmonellosis; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMETRY; HEALTH MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PASSERINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY;

AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34347232338     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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